Last Night’s Consolation Prize: Seeing Karl Rove Earn His Nickname ‘Turd Blossom’ Last Night’s Consolation Prize: Seeing Karl Rove Earn His Nickname ‘Turd Blossom’
Karl Rove just can’t shut up about butts.
Nov 5, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Haterz Gonna Hate? Haterz Gonna Hate?
There are limits to what the law can do to police cyberabuse.
Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Insurrections of the Mind thinks insurrections ought to happen only in the mind.
Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Why the Media Are Ignoring the Dangerous Ideas of Joni Ernst and Other Extremists Now on the Cusp of Power Why the Media Are Ignoring the Dangerous Ideas of Joni Ernst and Other Extremists Now on the Cusp of Power
They’re Tea Partiers by any other name, but that narrative just isn’t in vogue this year.
Nov 3, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms
Eric on this week’s concerts and Reed on how local TV stations boost their bottom lines with a deluge of election ads.
Nov 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
John Oliver: The Real Shadow Government Is in the State Legislatures, Where ALEC Calls the Shots John Oliver: The Real Shadow Government Is in the State Legislatures, Where ALEC Calls the Shots
ALEC writes the laws, the lawmakers just have to plug in the name of their state.
Nov 3, 2014 / Leslie Savan
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/30/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/30/14?
What are interns reading for the week of 10/30/14?
Nov 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
This Is How Fox Reacts When Democrats Talk About Racism in the South This Is How Fox Reacts When Democrats Talk About Racism in the South
Heaven forbid if you say something true during an election.
Oct 31, 2014 / Leslie Savan
The Day Chris Christie Lost Any Chance of Ever Becoming President The Day Chris Christie Lost Any Chance of Ever Becoming President
There goes Chris Christie, running his mouth again. At this point he'd be lucky to even get the GOP nomination.
Oct 30, 2014 / Leslie Savan
When Did Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo Go to Medical School? When Did Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo Go to Medical School?
Republicans may not be stupid, but they are shameless—and they know how to exploit the Ebola "threat."
Oct 29, 2014 / William Greider